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Originally Posted by RachelandSadie  After several battles with both home made raw and a produced raw medallion diet by both NV and Primal we are giving it up.
It's not that raw is not great and healthy for them, it's just not user and travel friendly. We can't feel good about friends and family feeding our pets because of the hassle of thawing out the raw in the fridge and we can't take the raw stuff with us without yet another bout of bacteria showing up in their GI. Everytime we don't do something exactly right we end up with high vet bills and sick dogs. Now with two sick dogs i'm just done with it. it'd be so much easier to just scoop out really hollistic and natural kibble into a bowl and let em' eat up. no more thawing frozen in the fridge or worrying if it's not set out in time or having the struggle with boarding or having a pet sitter....we're giving it up and going kibble....
now what the heck should we switch to??????? |
I can totally relate to what you are saying. I raised Barney and Daisy on home cooked foods exclusively for five years and travel was a pain. I ended up doing 50/50 home cooked and kibble for a while along with some canned foods. I liked that approach the best because I could still feed fresh unprocessed food but I ended up going back to 100% home cooked. It is a commitment and we travel often but with good preparation and good petsitters, it can be done. It is not for everyone and it gets easier but there are always those days when I have nothing in the freezer and have to stop what I am doing after working all day to start cooking. I'm also the only one at obedience school with tiny pieces of chicken breast, baby carrots and steamed green beans.